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Crystal Ballin'
You are going to make it through this year if it kills you.
When it comes to crystal-balling 2009's music, this year should be more
of an epoch than '08 if my instincts are right.
Huffamoose/O.L.D.
Thu., Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m., $16-$24, with The Fractals and The Spinning Leaves, World Cafe Livé, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
Last time we spoke to Craig Elkins he had just moved to L.A. and gotten
access to a top-secret Universal Music Web site that hooks up
songwriters with big-name stars. By now the ex-Huffamoose frontman must
have a few juicy anecdotes about Christina Aguilera, right?
Hard and Fast
SoundadviceTracy Chapman
Though the world's taken a few steps forward and a few steps back since
then, Chapman's worldview remains remarkably unchanged. Aside from "I
Did It All," a sort of Sex and the City waltz, her most recent work is cut from the same cloth she's been using for so long.
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Blivit
Fri., Jan. 9, 9:30 p.m., $10, with Gildon Works and Jotto, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 866-468-7619, johnnybrendas.com.
It would have been a shame if East Hundred dead-ended after two promising EPs, but it wouldn't have been a shock.
Blivit
Fri., Jan. 9, 10:30 p.m., $10, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
When Philly's forward-sounding jazz/funk/hip-hop band Fathead
splintered into Blivit, Vitamin F, Brothers from Another and All Crazy,
each act found its own brand of progressive music to play.
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Fri., Jan. 9, 10:30 p.m., $10, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
When Philly's forward-sounding jazz/funk/hip-hop band Fathead
splintered into Blivit, Vitamin F, Brothers from Another and All Crazy,
each act found its own brand of progressive music to play.
Fri., Jan. 9, 9:30 p.m., $10, with Gildon Works and Jotto, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 866-468-7619, johnnybrendas.com.
It would have been a shame if East Hundred dead-ended after two promising EPs, but it wouldn't have been a shock.
Thu., Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m., $16-$24, with The Fractals and The Spinning Leaves, World Cafe Livé, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
Last time we spoke to Craig Elkins he had just moved to L.A. and gotten
access to a top-secret Universal Music Web site that hooks up
songwriters with big-name stars. By now the ex-Huffamoose frontman must
have a few juicy anecdotes about Christina Aguilera, right?
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